When transitioning from the VyprVPN application to these fora, there is no provision for a seamless login.

Why doesn't the Giganews login automagically transition to these fora? There is, apparently, some connection already between these fora and Giganews, (or Google), because when I created my account, it automagically pulled in the avatar I use there.

I am glad to hear that you have been using VyprVPN with GIganews for some time!

The accounts for the Golden Frog Forum are created separately on a different back-end and are not associated with Golden Frog or Giganews accounts. As for your avatar we offer a few ways to connect one to an account. You can use your Gravatar account connected to your email, or upload an image!